Kathie Lee Gifford Grateful to Be a Mom and Grandma: ‘Nothing Like It’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Kathie Lee Gifford is so grateful to be a grandma.
The former TODAY host recently shared the joy she finds in being a grandmother and seeing her kids become parents.
“I had my children later in life and I’ve certainly had my grandchildren later,” she told PEOPLE. “It is exactly what everybody’s always told me, which seems like such a cliché. But clichés — they’re real. Because they’re true.”
Gifford explained how she is also thankful that her children are in healthy marriages.
“There is nothing like it in the whole world. To see my children, first of all, so in love with their spouses. I’m so grateful to God for that. They picked wisely. They’re so in love and it makes me so happy,” she said.
“Then to see them parenting the way they do, which is beyond. Cody’s wife was bedridden for like six months with their second baby and the love they showed each other and the love they had for this unborn child that they were just going to save no matter what happened.”
Between her two children, Gifford has three grandsons: Frank, 2, Ford, 6 months, and Finn, 11 months.
“Little Frankie, named after his grandfather, is doing gymnastics at an age 4 level. He just turned 2 two days ago. And Finnie, Finnie is Cassidy’s little boy, we call him Fincent Churchill because he looks like Winston Churchill. He’s just funny. I’m loving it,” Gifford shared.
This past Mother’s Day, she shared just how much she enjoys spending time with her family.
“I told my kids every year don’t get me anything. Just be with me. And we FaceTime almost every day, early in the morning, because they’ve got two little ones — my son does and Cassidy’s got one little one,” Gifford said.
“They’re just precious. I’m long past ever wanting gifts unless they wanted to make Bubbe a little painting. And those kinds of things make my heart sing,” she added.
She recently shared a picture of Frank and Ford on Instagram. “These are the moments you cherish forever. True brotherly love. Priceless,” she wrote in the caption.
Movieguide® previously reported on Gifford’s nickname that her grandchildren call her:
Kathie Lee Gifford is sharing some details about life as a grandmother and her latest project co-starring in THE BAXTERS alongside her daughter.
“‘Bubbe’ is my name,” Gifford said of what the grandkids call her. “It’s Yiddish.”
Her daughter Cassidy joked, “She’s the only one who can say it, though.”
“They all call me ‘Boobie,’” Gifford laughed. “Which is, I guess, fine.”
She explained her nickname further while appearing on the TODAY show shortly after the birth of her first grandchild.
“It means ‘dearest one,’ like ‘cherished one,’” she explained, adding that she thought it would be easier for little kids to say.
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